Manager, Country Project Management (Core Banking System Rollout)

ABeam Consulting; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ABeam Consulting is seeking a Country Project Manager to bridge regional and country teams across APAC core banking transformations, coordinating multiple releases and ensuring end-to-end visibility of activities, dependencies, risks and decisions.

You will structure and manage country issues, work with regional stakeholders and vendors, maintain logs, and develop interim solutions while driving alignment and timely decision-making across banking operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in project/program management, PMO, business analysis or transformation delivery.
• Experience in core banking transformation, renewal or regional/APAC rollout programs.
• Proven stakeholder management and facilitation skills across Regional, Country, business, IT and vendor teams.
• Strong ability to structure ambiguous issues and translate them into actionable tasks.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for project tracking and reporting.
• Strong English communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Country Project Management bridge between Regional and Country teams across the APAC core banking transformation program.
• Lead cross-release coordination, maintaining end-to-end view of country activities, dependencies, risks, issues and decisions.
• Manage and structure Country-level issues with urgency, deadlines and downstream dependencies.
• Coordinate with Regional teams, Country stakeholders, CoE and vendors to drive timely decisions.
• Maintain logs for issues, risks, actions and decisions with clear ownership and escalation.
• Develop solution options and interim workarounds to support project continuity.
• Communicate Regional decisions and requirements to Country teams for alignment and closure.
• Conduct regular Country progress, risk and issue reviews and identify recurring themes.
• Translate country issues into structured improvement initiatives and governance.
• Define RACI, decision rights and regional/country responsibility boundaries.
• Prepare concise management reports and updates for stakeholders.
• Foster collaboration across distributed business, IT, Regional, Country and vendor teams.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Facilitation skills

Cross-functional coordination

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

About Us: ABeam Consulting is a global professional services company that specializes in delivering business transformation and technology solutions to clients across a wide range of industries. With a global presence and over 9000 employees worldwide we aim to be the transformation partner of choice for all of our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the Country Project Management (CPM) bridge between Regional and Country teams across the APAC core banking transformation program.
• Lead cross-release coordination across multiple releases, maintaining an end-to-end view of country activities, dependencies, risks, issues and decisions.
• Manage and structure Country-level issues by assessing business impact, urgency, required response dates and downstream dependencies.
• Coordinate with Regional teams, Country stakeholders, CoE/domain experts and vendors to drive issue resolution and timely decision-making.
• Maintain integrated issue, risk, action and decision logs, ensuring clear ownership, deadlines and appropriate escalation.
• Develop solution options, recommendations and interim workarounds to support project continuity while decisions are pending.
• Communicate Regional decisions and requirements to Country teams, ensuring alignment, understanding and follow-through to closure.
• Conduct regular Country progress, risk and issue reviews and identify recurring issues or common themes across countries and releases.
• Translate recurring Country issues into structured improvement initiatives and support the enhancement of Regional standards, guidelines and governance.
• Define and maintain clear RACI, decision rights, escalation routes and Regional/Country responsibility boundaries.
• Prepare concise management reports and project updates for Regional and Country stakeholders to facilitate timely decision-making.
• Foster effective collaboration across geographically dispersed business, IT, Regional, Country and vendor teams.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project/program management, PMO, business analysis or transformation delivery, preferably within banking or financial services.
• Proven stakeholder management and facilitation skills across Regional, Country, business, IT and vendor teams.
• Experience in core banking transformation, renewal or regional/APAC rollout programs.
• Knowledge of banking operations such as Trade Finance, Lending/Loans, Payments/Collections, Cash Management, Treasury & Markets, Deposits or Accounting.
• Experience working with a Centre of Excellence (CoE), governance, standardisation or knowledge-management function.
• Strong ability to structure ambiguous issues, identify business impacts and translate them into actionable tasks, owners, decisions and deadlines.
• Strong ownership, self-discipline and ability to work effectively in a multinational environment.
• Proven experience managing complex issues, risks, dependencies, decisions and escalations within large-scale system implementation or transformation programs.
• Strong capability in integrated planning, cross-workstream coordination, RACI/decision-right design and management reporting.
• Ability to develop solution options and recommendations, rather than simply coordinating or forwarding issues.
• Experience coordinating multiple releases, projects or workstreams while maintaining an end-to-end view of business and IT activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for project tracking, analysis and management reporting.
• Strong English communication and documentation skills.

Why Join Us

At ABeam Consulting, we place a strong emphasis on collaboration, and helping our employees grow and develop their skills, offering a supportive and empowering work environment. With a presence in multiple countries and a diverse range of clients, ABeam Consulting offers an exciting and dynamic workplace for individuals looking to build a career in consulting. ABeam Consulting has also recently joined SAP’s regional strategic partner initiative as their first regional partner in the region and has also been recognized by UiPath as a Diamond Partner in providing RPA solutions. With such accolades, we aim to continue driving enterprise and digital transformation initiatives in order to transform the way people work and communicate in the digital age. In addition, our industry team is working tirelessly in order to bring more solutions to the banking and finance sector.

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